Prostitution: Foreign Workers

Jo Swinson: To ask the Minister for Women what estimate she has made of the proportion of non-British sex workers who have been  (a) trafficked and  (b) subject to coercion.

Barbara Follett: 10 years ago 85 per cent. of women in brothels were UK citizens now 85 per cent. are from outside the UK. Estimates suggest that at any one time in 2003 there were approximately 4,000 victims of trafficking for prostitution in the UK.
	No research has been undertaken which would provide either evidence or provide a basis for estimates on the proportion of non-British sex workers who have been  (a) trafficked and  (b) subject to coercion.